I Doe beleeve you expect ſomething from theſe Weſterne parts, and well you may, two Armies having been ſo neere together theſe many dayes, on Munday the Marqueſſe, Prince Maurice, Sir Ralph Hopton, and the Earle of Carnarvan advanced from Froome to Marchfield, Sir William Waller being then with his Army on Clarkon hill, neere which were ſome ſleight skirmiſhes, which did not hinder their progreſs to Marchfield: The next day Sir William Waller marched from 〈◊〉 to Lanſdowne, where hee formed his Army, Sir Ralph Ho •• on on the other ſide looked towards Tooghill, where about the leaping-ſtocke is a plaine leading towards Landſdowne, there being a fall and a l • ne bebetwixt on either ſide; They planted their Ordnance, which they ſhott plentifully at each other from three in the afternoone, till eleven of the clocke at night, which wee in Briſtoll heard, and ſaw them give fire; All this while were ſeverall skirmiſhes, by ſeverall parties of Horſe and foot, in which the Parliament horſe behaved themſelves bravely, but Sir Ralph Hoptons foote were fane more in number, and the Corniſh excellent fire men at their hedge fight in a little wood there adj • c • nt there was much powder ſpent, inſomuch that th • Cav • liers h • d but eight barrells left, that we heare of, which was the next morning following blowne up by accident, in which were many killed, many mo • dangerouſly hurt, whereof Sir Ralph Hopton was one, who was yeſterday carried in his bed to a Caroach, a miſerable ſpectacle, his head being as big as three, and both his eyes blinded, beſides which he was ſhot in his aime a day before; it pleaſed God to put wonderfull courage into the heart of Sir William Waller, and Sir Arthur Haſlerig, the l • ſt charging with his Regiment the whole body of the enemy which came up, the Horſe being lined with Pike and Muskettiers, which he brake through a • d did much execution on them, the battell not e • ding till eleven a clocke at night, the one Army retreating into B • th, the other into Marc • field, the next day I had the firſt intelligence, by a friend whom the Marqueſſe kept • oure or five dayes, till hee had made his compoſition, ſo that he ſaw all from the beginning to the end, and that he left them in a ſad condition, confeſſing themſelves to have the route, which proves true by the ſequell, for they loſt • ir Beuil Greenvill, Lievtenant Colonell Ward, Serjeant Major Lower, Captain Baſset, Captaine ſorniſhant, Captaine Iames, and five Captaines more, and two Captaines more with powder, of ordinarie men, We know not the number; ſeven cart loads of dead men were carried from the place, divers wounded, twenty in a houſe, and not one like to live, and more in other places they wanted Chirurgeons much; our dead men being viewed, we cannot yet find loſt aboue fifteen, whereof onely one man of note, which was a Serjeant major, who was buried here yeſterday very honourably; The enemy is advanced from Marchfield, who roſe thence yeſterday at ten of the clocke, and before night Sir William Waller was on his perſuit after him, ſo that wee truſt one bout more with Gods bleſſing will give them ſuch a blow, that their entendment for Oxford may be overthrowne.

Maſter Iohn Aſh had his ground well ſtocked with 60. Cavaliers horſes, who fled from the Army the night after the battell, The horſes are ſafe, and the men ſecure.